UW's Kelsey Plum up for ESPY: Best Female College Athlete

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By Washington Athletics

LOS ANGELES – Kelsey Plum is one of five nominees up for a 2017 ESPY award in the category of Best Female College Athlete. The ESPYS will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday (July 12).

After an historic senior campaign, the Poway, Calif. native joins some of the nation's best in their respective sports: Stanford's Inky Ajanaku (volleyball), Florida's Kelly Barnhill (softball), West Virginia's Kadeisha Buchanan (soccer) and Maryland's Zoe Stukenberg (lacrosse) are all on the ballot.

Plum became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history, finishing her career with 3,527 points. She led the nation in scoring her senior season, averaging 31.7 points per game.

In her final year, Plum also broke the NCAA single-season scoring record with 1,109 points and the 33-year-old NCAA career free throw record, finishing with 912.

Sweeping the 2017 national player of the year awards, Plum won the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy (Atlanta Tip-Off Club), Wade Trophy (WBCA), Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (USBWA) while also being named the Associated Press Player of the Year.

The ESPYS, hosted by Peyton Manning, will air on July 12 at 5 p.m. PT on ABC or you can watch the broadcast live on WatchESPN. Voting will remain open until the live show starts.

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Dante Pettis woke up No. 8 Washington just before halftime with his sixth career punt return for a touchdown and Jake Browning threw two second-half touchdown passes in a tougher-than-expected 30-14 victory over rebuilding Rutgers on Friday night.